The move follows her split from longtime manager Terry Blamey on New Year’s Eve after the final performance of her 25th anniversary tour. Terry, who helped Kylie launch her pop career when she was just 19 with the release of Locomotion in 1987, said: “Kylie has decided to pull back from the pressures of her career and devote more time to herself and her acting.

“She is not retiring from music, just taking a break… we do [wish] each other nothing but the best for each other’s success.” Kylie, who famously starred in Australian soap Neighbours alongside Jason Donovan in the Eighties, had a critically acclaimed role in last year’s film, Holy Motors.

After winning rave reviews, she said: “It made me hungry for more.My heart cries out for it. For years I’ve been waiting to get back into it. I’ve got a lot of work to do before people stop thinking: ‘Oh, what’s Kylie Minogue doing in a film?’”